Welcome to Enslwang
Perched on gently rolling farmland, Enslwang is a dying agricultural village. Founded in 1456 as a farming settlement, the village has been in decline for decades as young people leave for cities and farms become unprofitable. Tractors rust in overgrown fields, and several barns have collapsed from neglect.
The village center is merely a crossroads to pass onto other towns, surrounded by scattered houses along the road between fields. On a good day, you might see three or four people. On most days, it's quieter than that.
Business Registry
Gasthof Feldmann
Phone: 30.575The only place to eat or stay in Enslwang. Dark interior with cheap beer and fried food. The upstairs rooms smell musty but the beds are clean enough. Open when they feel like it.
Address: Dorfstrasse 14
Landladen Wagner
Phone: 49.481Tiny shop selling basics - bread, milk, beer, cigarettes. Limited hours. The selection is depressing. Frau Wagner gossips about everyone who comes in.
Address: Dorfstrasse 8
Parish Office
Phone: 79.113Technically part of Ubungsdorf administration. A small office in someone's house. The clerk comes on Tuesdays. Everything else requires a trip to Ubungsdorf.
Address: Hauptstrasse 3
Landmaschinenwerkstatt Bauer
Phone: 31.207Workshop repairing tractors and farm equipment. More broken machines outside than working ones. Herr Bauer can fix almost anything but parts take forever to arrive.
Address: Feldweg 22
Scheune Zimmermann
Phone: 79.409Old barn used for grain storage and occasional equipment storage. Zimmermann family has owned it for generations. Roof leaks in three places. They talk about fixing it every year.
Address: Kornweg 45
St. Josef Chapel
Phone: 63.604Small chapel that sees a priest once a month. The rest of the time it's locked. Paint is peeling badly. A few old women still attend when mass is held.
Address: Kirchweg 1
Visiting priest: Father Andreas Keller (a.keller@skolkan.com)
Traktorverleih Huber
Phone: 50.293Rents out tractors and farming equipment to local farmers who can't afford their own. Most equipment is ancient. Huber drinks too much but somehow keeps everything running.
Address: Ackerweg 18
🎯 Activities
- Walk Through Empty Fields Miles of flat farmland stretching in every direction. Some fields are still cultivated, others have gone to weeds. It's quiet except for crows and distant tractors. Wear boots - it's muddy.
- Watch Tractors During planting and harvest seasons, you can watch farmers work the fields. Not much else happening. Some fields have been abandoned entirely and are returning to wild grass.
- Visit the Old Windmill Ruins of a stone windmill from the 1600s at the edge of town. No sails left, just a crumbling tower. Local kids dare each other to climb it despite the danger.
- Cemetery Exploration The village cemetery is bigger than the living population suggests. Many graves from the 1800s. A good place to see how many families have left or died out.
- Sit at the Gasthof Join the handful of regulars drinking beer at Gasthof Feldmann. They'll tell you about the old days when Enslwang actually had young people and a functioning school.
- Dirt Road Cycling If you bring a bike, the dirt roads between villages make for bumpy rides through empty countryside. Watch for potholes and occasional tractors. No traffic though.
Public Services
Mayor's Office (Ubungsdorf)
Phone: 73.821Regional administration serving Enslwang.
Address: 1 Rathausplatz, Ubungsdorf
Police (Ubungsdorf Police Station)
Phone: 70.312Regional police services for Enslwang.
Address: 8 Polizeistrasse, Ubungsdorf
Fire Department (Regional)
Phone: 39.099Regional fire brigade coverage via Ubungsdorf.
Address: 1 Rathausplatz, Ubungsdorf
Medical Clinic (Ubungsdorf)
Phone: 57.446Primary care and urgent care for the region.
Address: 7 Doktorweg, Ubungsdorf
Tax Office (Ubungsdorf)
Phone: 49.395Local taxes and business licensing.
Address: 1 Rathausplatz, Ubungsdorf
Land Management (Ubungsdorf)
Phone: 67.900Zoning, land use permits, and property records.
Address: 1 Rathausplatz, Ubungsdorf